Jigee Viertel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jigee Viertel

American actress

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1915

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1960

Profession: screenwriter, actor, novelist, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jigee Viertel (born Virginia Lee Ray; September 30, 1915 – January 31, 1960) was an actress in early Hollywood pictures and later the wife of screenwriters Budd Schulberg and Peter Viertel.
She was active in early Hollywood socialist organizating and later in life was linked to the writers Ring Lardner, Jr.
and Ernest Hemingway.
She died from burns she suffered after inadvertently dropping a lit cigarette into the pocket of her flammable sleepwear.